After six rounds, Humpy Koneru was the sole leader, half a point ahead of the field. But in the top game of round 7, she lost a tactically complicated game to a well-prepared Carissa Yip.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.d4 Ne6 10.Be3 0-0 11.c4 f6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nc3 Nf8 14.Qb3 Bg4 15.Qxb7 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qd7 17.d5 Bd6 18.Ne4 Be5 19.Qxc6 Qf5 20.Ng3 Qxf3 21.Bc5 Ng6 22.Re3 Qg4 23.d6 Qxc4?! 23...cxd6 24.Bxd6 h5 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 24.d7 Red8 25.Rd1 Rab8 26.b3 Qg4 27.Rd4? 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.h3!? Qxh3 29.Ba7 Nf4 30.Qf3 Rb5 31.Qxf4! Rxd7 32.Qf3 27...Ne7? 27...Bxd4 28.Re8+ Nf8 29.Bxf8 29.Bxd4 Qg6 30.Re7 h5 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kg2 30.Kxf2 Rxd7! 31.Rxb8 Rd2+ 30...Rxd7 31.Rxb8 Ba7 28.Bxe7 Bxd4 29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.Bxd8 Qd1+ 31.Qf1 Qxf1+ 32.Nxf1 Bxe3 33.Bxc7 1–0
Alice Lee, who had bounced back well from her round 6 loss to Bibisara Assaubayeva, scored the second win of the round.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Qb2 f5 9.Bg2 0-0 10.Nc3 d6 11.d5 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd8 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Rad1 a5 17.Rfe1 f4 18.e4 Qe5 19.Qd2 Kh8 20.a3 20...Rf6? 20...Bg4 21.f3 Bd7 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Ne6 24.Ne2 g5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ne6 23.Nf3 Qh5 24.e5! Rff8 25.exd6 cxd6 26.Qxd6 fxg3 27.hxg3 Bc6 28.Re5 Qg4 29.Nh2 Qxc4 30.Qxe6 Qc2 31.Rf1 h6 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Rc5 Qb2 34.Rxc6 Qxb4 35.Qe5 Qd2 36.Rd6 Rae8 37.Qxg7+ 1–0
The other three games of the round all ended in draws, but could easily have ended differently.
Harika Dronavalli, for example, missed a good chance to pose potentially unsolvable problems for Assaubayeva in the endgame.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 h5 8.Bf4 h4 9.Rc1 Nh5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Bd4 Rb8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.b3 Bb7 15.c5 Rd8 16.Ne4 Qxd2+ 17.Nxd2 Kf8 18.Nc4 Ne8 19.Rd1 Nc7 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.b4 Nb5 22.Rd2 Ba8 23.0-0 d5 24.cxd6 exd6 25.Rc1 hxg3 26.hxg3 c5 27.Bxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxd6? 28.bxc5! dxc5 29.Ne5 Rac8 30.Rd7 28...Nxd6 29.Rxd6 cxb4 30.Rd7 a5 31.Rcc7 Rhf8 32.Rb7 Rad8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rb5 Rd2 35.Rxa5 Rxe2 36.Rb5 Rxa2 37.Rxb4 Ra6 38.Rc4 Ra2 39.Rb4 Ra6 40.Rc4 Ra2 41.Rb4 Ra6 ½–½
Nana Dzagnidze got a good position with Black against Mariya Muzychuk, but didn’t find the right follow-up and in the end had to be happy with a draw.
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Nxe7 Qxe7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.e4 Na6 8.d3 c6 9.Ne2 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Ne4 Nfxd5 14.a3 Nc6 15.0-0 Rfd8 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rd6 19.Rc1 Rad8 20.Rc3 g6 21.Qc2 Kg7 22.b4 R8d7 23.Rc5 Nd8 24.Qc3 f6 25.Rd1 Nf7 26.Rc8 Qe6 27.Rb8 27...Qa2? 27...Ng5 28.Bg2 e4 29.Qc8 Kh6 30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Qxb7 exd3 32.Qxa7 Qb3 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Bxb7 Rb6 30.Bg2 Ra6 31.Ra1 Qe2 32.d4 exd4 33.exd4 Re6 34.Rf1 Re3 35.Qc6 f5 36.Qc7 Rxa3 37.Bd5 Qe8 38.g4 Ra6 39.Qxf7+ Qxf7 40.Bxf7 Kxf7 41.gxf5 Rb6 42.Ra1 Rxb4 43.Rxa7+ Kf6 44.fxg6 hxg6 45.Ra6+ Kf5 46.d5 Rd4 47.d6 Ke6 48.d7+ Kf5 49.Ra7 Ke6 50.Ra6+ Kf5 51.Ra7 Ke6 52.Ra6+ Kf5 53.Ra7 Ke6 54.Ra6+ ½–½
Nino Batsiashvili also missed a good chance – in a complicated position against Tan Zhongyi, she brought the wrong rook into the attack.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 h5 9.Bd3 h4 10.Be5 Nbd7 11.f4 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Nd7 13.Qb3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Nb6 15.Ne2 Be6 16.0-0 Qe7 17.a4 a5 18.Bb5+ Kd8 19.Qc2 c6 20.Bd3 Kc7 21.Nc3 Raf8 22.b4 axb4 23.Nb5+ Kb8 24.Nd6 Nc8 25.Qc5 f6 26.Rfb1? 26.Rab1 fxe5 27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Nxb7 Kxb7 28...Qxc5 29.Nxc5 29.Qa5! Na7 30.Rxb4+ Ka8 31.Qb6 26...fxe5 27.Nxb7 Kxb7 28.Rxb4+ 28.Qa5? Na7 29.Rxb4+ Ka8 30.Rab1 Rb8 28...Kc7 29.Qa5+ Kd6 30.Qc5+ Kc7 31.Qa5+ Kd6 32.Qc5+ Kc7 33.Qa5+ ½–½
With two rounds to go, three players – Humpy Koneru, Carissa Yip, and Alice Lee – are tied for the lead with 4.5 points each. But Alina Kashlinskaya and Harika Dronavalli, who share fourth and fifth place with 4 out of 7, also still have a chance to win the tournament.
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Qe2 b6 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Kb1 Nd5 13.c4 Nb4 14.Ka1 Nxd3 15.Rxd3 Qf6 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.Bc3 Qf5 18.Rhd1 a5 19.h3 Ba6 20.g4 Qh7 21.Nd2 b5 22.d5 bxc4 23.Re3 exd5 24.Nf3 Bf8 25.g5 c5 26.g6 Qxg6 27.Ne5 Qf5 28.Ng4 d4 29.Rg1 Rd6 30.Rf3 Qd5 31.Rf6 dxc3 32.Nxh6+ Kh7 33.Rxd6 Bxd6 34.Nxf7 cxb2+ 35.Kb1 Qf5+ 0–1
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Tan,Z | 2546 | Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | 0–1 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 1.1 |
Koneru,H | 2543 | Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 1.2 |
Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | Muzychuk,M | 2492 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 1.3 |
Lee,A | 2389 | Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 1.4 |
Harika,D | 2483 | Yip,C | 2431 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 1.5 |
Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 2.1 |
Muzychuk,M | 2492 | Lee,A | 2389 | 0–1 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 2.2 |
Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | Yip,C | 2431 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 2.3 |
Tan,Z | 2546 | Koneru,H | 2543 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 2.4 |
Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | Harika,D | 2483 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 2.5 |
Harika,D | 2483 | Muzychuk,M | 2492 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 3.1 |
Yip,C | 2431 | Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 3.2 |
Lee,A | 2389 | Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 3.3 |
Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | Tan,Z | 2546 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 3.4 |
Koneru,H | 2543 | Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 3.5 |
Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 4.1 |
Koneru,H | 2543 | Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 4.2 |
Muzychuk,M | 2492 | Yip,C | 2431 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 4.3 |
Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | Harika,D | 2483 | 0–1 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 4.4 |
Tan,Z | 2546 | Lee,A | 2389 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 4.5 |
Lee,A | 2389 | Koneru,H | 2543 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 5.1 |
Yip,C | 2431 | Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 5.2 |
Harika,D | 2483 | Tan,Z | 2546 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 5.3 |
Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | Muzychuk,M | 2492 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 5.4 |
Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 5.5 |
Tan,Z | 2546 | Yip,C | 2431 | 0–1 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 6.1 |
Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | Lee,A | 2389 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 6.2 |
Koneru,H | 2543 | Harika,D | 2483 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 6.3 |
Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | Muzychuk,M | 2492 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 6.4 |
Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 6.5 |
Yip,C | 2431 | Koneru,H | 2543 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 7.1 |
Batsiashvili,N | 2462 | Tan,Z | 2546 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 7.2 |
Lee,A | 2389 | Kashlinskaya,A | 2459 | 1–0 | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 7.3 |
Harika,D | 2483 | Assaubayeva,B | 2509 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 7.4 |
Muzychuk,M | 2492 | Dzagnidze,N | 2505 | ½–½ | 2025 | | Cairns Cup 2025 | 7.5 |
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